In solitude the trumpets of solitude Are not of another solitude resounding; A little string speaks for a crowd of voices. (Wallace Stevens)

In solitude the trumpets of solitude Are not of another solitude resounding; A little string speaks for a crowd of voices.

Wallace Stevens

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